sentry-client
Enforces project client-side Sentry monitoring conventions when implementing error boundaries, route-level error pages, user interaction tracking, and client component error handling. This skill ensures consistent patterns for global error handling, breadcrumbs, and front-end error capture.
SKILL.md
| Name | sentry-client |
| Description | Enforces project client-side Sentry monitoring conventions when implementing error boundaries, route-level error pages, user interaction tracking, and client component error handling. This skill ensures consistent patterns for global error handling, breadcrumbs, and front-end error capture. |
name: sentry-client description: Enforces project client-side Sentry monitoring conventions when implementing error boundaries, route-level error pages, user interaction tracking, and client component error handling. This skill ensures consistent patterns for global error handling, breadcrumbs, and front-end error capture. user-invocable: false
Sentry Client Monitoring Skill
Purpose
This skill enforces the project client-side/front-end Sentry monitoring conventions automatically during error tracking implementation. It ensures consistent patterns for error boundaries, route-level error pages, user interaction tracking, and client component error handling.
Note: For server-side Sentry patterns (server actions, facades, middleware), use the sentry-server skill instead.
Activation
This skill activates when working on client-side/front-end code:
- Creating or modifying client components with error handling
- Implementing error boundaries (
src/components/ui/error-boundary/) - Creating route-level error pages (
error.tsxfiles) - Working on the global error handler (
global-error.tsx) - Adding user interaction tracking/breadcrumbs in client components
- Working with client instrumentation (
src/instrumentation-client.ts) - Components with
'use client'directive that need error tracking
Workflow
- Detect client-side Sentry work (imports from
@sentry/nextjsin client files) - Load
references/Sentry-Client-Conventions.md - Generate/modify code following all conventions
- Scan for violations of Sentry patterns
- Auto-fix all violations (no permission needed)
- Report fixes applied
Key Patterns
Error Boundaries
- Use class-based
ErrorBoundarycomponent for component-level errors - Capture exceptions in
componentDidCatchwith full context - Log user actions (retry, continue) with
captureMessage
Route-Level Error Pages
- ALL
error.tsxfiles MUST have Sentry integration - Use
captureExceptioninuseEffectwith proper context and tags - Include digest, route name, and feature area in context
Global Error Handler
global-error.tsxcaptures fatal errors withlevel: 'fatal'- Include error digest and route context
Client Components
- Add breadcrumbs before significant user interactions
- Track form submissions, dialog opens, and key actions
- Capture exceptions for failed client-side operations
Constants (Always Use)
| Constant | Import Path | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
SENTRY_CONTEXTS | @/lib/constants/sentry | Context names for setContext |
SENTRY_BREADCRUMB_CATEGORIES | @/lib/constants/sentry | Breadcrumb category values |
SENTRY_LEVELS | @/lib/constants/sentry | Breadcrumb level values |
SENTRY_TAGS | @/lib/constants/sentry | Tag names for tags |
Usage Pattern Reference
| Use Case | Primary Method | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Route error page | Sentry.captureException | error |
| Global error | Sentry.captureException | fatal |
| Error boundary catch | Sentry.captureException | error |
| Error boundary reset | Sentry.captureMessage | info |
| User interaction | Sentry.addBreadcrumb | info |
| Form submission start | Sentry.addBreadcrumb | info |
| Client action failure | Sentry.captureException | error |
File Patterns
This skill applies to:
src/app/**/error.tsxsrc/app/global-error.tsxsrc/components/ui/error-boundary/**/*.tsxsrc/instrumentation-client.ts- Client components (
'use client') with Sentry imports src/app/**/components/*-client.tsxsrc/components/feature/**/*.tsxwith error handling
References
references/Sentry-Client-Conventions.md- Complete client-side Sentry monitoring conventions